ABSTRACT
At the time of the war between the Byzantines and the Goths, Ravenna was in its maximum monumental phase. Churches, aristocratic residences, bridges, roads and warehouses along the river ports were supplied with goods of all kinds, coming from any area of the Mediterranean Sea and from the most remote regions of the former Roman world. After the numerous interventions necessary to transform and expand the small Roman town into an imperial seat, started at the beginning of the 5th century with the construction of the city walls delimiting an area five times greater than in the past, other important community works have been commissioned by the King of Goths, both by investing in monumental civil and religious buildings. New ecclesiastical buildings were also planned in the period following the conquest of Ravenna by the Byzantines.
